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  • What is special about Hammurabi's Code?
    Fair laws for all people
    It gave slaves rights
    First set of written laws
    It was eliminated the king
  • Define polytheism
    a four sided shape
    the belief in many gods
    the belief in one god
  • Define scribe
    a person whose job is to write
    a person who performs religious rituals
    a person who creates pottery
  • Name 1 of the 3 Chinese philosophies we've learned about.
    Daoism, Confucianism, Legalism
  • What is cultural diffusion?
    the spreading of culture (religion, ideas, food, language, etc.)
  • The following terms describe which civilization: invented the potter's wheel, used papyrus for paper, ruled by pharaohs
    Egypt
  • Which of the following shows how civilizations ADAPTED to their environment?
    Built dams to stop flooding
    Relied on natural barriers to keep invaders out
    Often slept on the roofs of their homes to stay cool
  • What is agriculture?
    farming
    government
    writing
    religion
  • The following terms describe which civilization: grew millet, Mandate of Heaven, traded silk
    China
  • Which best describes the Silk Road?
    vast highway where the Chinese bought silk
    a series of trading routes thousands of miles long
    a straight road for travelers
    dangerous road that only silk traders traveled
  • Which geographic feature was shared by the early civilizations that developed in China. Egypt, India, and Mesopotamia?
    Temperate Grasslands
    Island Chains
    River Valleys
    Oceans
  • The following terms describe which civilization: well organized cities, drainage systems, Hinduism, caste system
    Indus Valley/India
  • ______________ was created to in order to address issues such as control of irrigation and trade.
    Trade
    Agriculture
    Government
    Religion
  • What is cuneiform?
    Writing of Mesopotamia
  • Early civilizations created irrigation systems for the purpose of what?
    to reduce animal population
    allow for easier travel
    growing crops
    providing better defense
  • Who unified Upper and Lower Egypt?
    Ramses II
    Menes
    Nefertiti
    Hatshepsut
  • Use the image to determine the civilization
    Mesopotamia
  • This ancient civilization had the Yellow & Yangtze Rivers.
    China
  • What is a dynasty?
    a ruling family
  • The Tigris & Euphrates River created fertile soil for which civilization?
    Mesopotamia
  • What is the Egyptian writing system called that used picture symbols?
    hieroglyphics
  • This civilization was dependent on the Nile River.
    Egypt
  • Which of the following shows how civilizations MODIFIED their environment?
    Relied on natural barriers for protection
    Sleep on the roof of their home to keep cool
    Dug irrigation canals & built levees to control flooding
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